Reeling mechanism.



No. 692,474. Patented Feb. 4, |902. C. E. POPE.

REELING MECHANISM.

[Application filed Nov. 2, 1898. Ranew`ed July 1, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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L. @26AM/llame@ No. 692,474. Patentd Feb. 4, |902.

C. E. POPE.

REELING MECHANISM.

(Application Bled Nov. 2, 1898. Renewed July 1, 1901.) (No Modal.) 2sheets-sheet 2.

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CHARLES ELMER POPE, OF KAUKAUNA, WISCONSIN.

REELING lVlECHANISM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,474, dated February4, 1902. Application filed November 2, 1898. Renewed July 1, 1901.Serial No. 66,742. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, CHARLES ELMER POPE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Kaukauna, in the county of Outagamie and State ofWisconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ReelingMechanism; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof.

My invention has especial reference to reeling tissue and other thinpaper; but it is practical for reeling any continuous pliable material.The ordinary reel for this purpose is such that as the materialaccumulates thereon the circumference of the Whole is graduallyincreased, each successive outer lap of said material beingcorrespondingly lengthened. This being the case, the wound material whenout and spread out flat forms a pile having beveled ends. Thereforewasteful trimming has to be made in order to square the ends of saidpile so that all the strands or sheets therein may be of equal length.

Previous to my invention it has not been possible within my knowledge towind a continuous web of paper from a printing-press ordecorating-machine so as to obtain accurate registration of the printsas they wind upon the reel, and with especial reference to tissue-paperthe present method of laying out sheets of the same from aprinting-press or decorating-machine is tedious, difficult, andtroublesome.

In view of the foregoing my invention has for its main object to providea reel by which continuous pliable material may be wound in successivelaps of equal circumference.

A further object of my invention is to provide for Winding a continuousweb of pliable material from a printing-press or decoratingmachine sothat decorative matter on each lap of said material Will accuratelyregister with like matter on all the other laps, whereby an accumulationof the aforesaid material thus Wound may be out between decorated areas,this being a matter of considerable importance with reference toeconomical production of tissue-paper napkins.v

Its objects having been stated, my invention will be found to consist incertain peculiarities of construction and combination of partshereinafter particularly set forth with reference to the accompanyingdrawings and subsequently claimed.

Figure l of the drawings is a diagram illustrating my improvements, andFig. 2 a vertical longitudinal section of a reel and apron embodied insaid improvements.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicates a roll of continuousweb pliable material on a spool B, that in practice has its support inconveniently-arranged bearings that may constitute parts of a stand forthe arbors of parallel rollers C D, between which said material fromsaid roll is passed. In practice the rollers serve to feed the pliablematerial from a roll of the same to the reel, hereinafter specified indetail; but they are not essential to the successful operation of saidreel at all times, and they may be respectively utilized as the platenand print elements of a decorating-machine.

The shaft E of the herein-described Areel is supported by standards Fand revolved by any suitable means. In the organization hereinillustrated link belt and sprocketwheel mechanism may be employed toconnect the roller C and reel-shaft E, said gear being shown by full anddotted lines in Fig. l; but other Well-known gear mechanism may beutilized for the same purpose.

In the organization shown the rotary speed of roller C is about nine toone of the reelshaft E; but in practice the relative speed of theseparts may be varied indefinitely, and made fast on said reel-shaft byset-screws G or other suitable means are hubs'H of a pair of spiders,having the radial arms I thereof provided with guide-lugs for loose rodsJ, the inner ends of these rods being beveled and opposed to cones K,loose on the aforesaid shaft.

Both of the cones K have their taper in the same direction and arecaused to move in unison along the reel-shaft by means of connected rodsL, 011e of said cones being provided With adetachable lug M, engaging alongitudinal slot in said shaft. As herein shown, means for holding thecones in manually-adj usted position may comprise a lug-opposing rod N,loose in the reel-shaft, and a weight-1 IOC) controlled rod-opposing armin pivotal connection with one of the standards. As a Inatter of detailthe inner end of a flexible runner Q is shown connected to armP andtrained on pulleys supported by said arm and the adjacent standard, thehanger for the arm-controlling weight R being suspended from the outerend of the runner. To vary resistance to automatic movement of the coneson the reel-shaft, the weight may be increased or decreased, it beingshown that said weight may comprise a series of removable sections inorder to facilitate variation of its specific gravity. A

Heads S on the outer ends of opposite rods J are connected by slats T,and movement of these rods in either direction may be limited by thearrangement of collars U thereon between the guide-lugs projecting inpairs from the spider-arms.

The aforesaid shaft, cones, spiders, and slat-connected rods constitutea contractive reel, and stretched on rollers under the reel, so as to beconcentric with the same, is shown an endless apron V, and, asillustrated by dotted lines, one apron-roller W may be in gear withroller C and the reel-shaft to move said apron at the same rate of speedas the pliable material that is being wound. Another apron-rollerX ispreferably suspended in adjustable hangers, one of which is hereinshown, and a set of these hangers governs slack of the apron.

Radial extension of rods J is governed by manual adjustment of cones Kon shaft E, and wind of pliable material on the slats T causes gradualcontraction of the reel, for the reason that there is gradual recedenceof said cones against weight R or other yielding resistan ce, owing toinward pressure of said rods caused by tension of said pliable materialand accumulation of the same between the reelslats and the apron V orits equivalent, if employed. Owing to contraction of the reel thetension of the pliable material is automatically maintained, and thistension maybe varied by increase or decrease of the aforesaid yieldingresistance or by adjusting the slack of the surface that is concentricto the reel.

As pliable material increases on the reel and the latter contracts theslack of said materal will accumulate between the slats of said reel,and thus each lap of the aforesaid material will have the samepredetermined radius as all the other laps.

The periphery of the material accumulating on the reel is regulated byadjusting slack of apron V or its equivalent, and an endless travelingapron arranged, as herein shown, to be driven at the same speed as thematerial being reeled acts as a binder to prevent slip of said material.In case the material being reeled is thin tender paper the tension ofthe same need not be depended upon to contract the reel, as the latteroperation may be had as the result of said paper increasing between saidapron and reel-slats.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. Areel comprisinga rotatory shaft, aplurality of connected cones in slip fit on the shaft, a plural seriesof radially-disposed guides rotative with said shaft, cone-opposing rodsloose in each series of guides, slats connected to the outer ends ofalined rods, and means constituting a yielding resistance to recedenceof the cones and rods adapted to be placed under pressure by the tensionand accumulation of material winding on the slats.

2. A reel comprising a rotatory shaft, a plurality of connected cones inslip fit on the shaft, a lug on one of the cones engagingalongitudinal'slot in said shaft, a loose rod opposing the cone-lug, apivotal arm in contact with the lug-opposing rod under pressure, aplural series of radially disposed guides rotative with the aforesaidshaft, rods loose in the guides against the cones, and slats connectedto outer ends of alined rods.

3. A reel comprising a rotatory shaft, a plurality of connected cones inslip fit on the shaft, alug on one of the cones engaging a longitudinalslot in said shaft, a loose rod opposing the cone-lug, a pivotal arm incontact with the lug-opposing rod, a flexible runner connected to thearm and trained on pulleys supported by said arm and an adjacentstationary portion of the machine, a weight suspended from the runner, aplural series of radially*- disposed guides rotative with the aforesaidshaft, rods loose in the guides against the cones, and slats connectedto outer ends of alined rods.

4:. A reel comprising a rotatory shaft, a plurality of connected conesrotative with the shaft, a plural series of radially disposed guidesrotative with the shaft, cone-opposing rods loose in each series ofguides and slats connected to outer ends of alined rods; meansconstitutingayielding resistance to recedence of the cones and rodsadapted to be placed under pressure by the tension and accumulation ofmaterial winding on the reel-slats, and an apron arrangedcircumferentially of a portion of the reel in opposition to saidmaterial.

5. A reel comprising a rotatory shaft, a plurality of cones in slip titon the shaft, a plural series of radially disposed guides rotative withthe shaft, cone-opposing rods loose in each series of guides and slatsconnected to outer ends of alined rods; means constituting a yieldingresistance to recedence of the cones and rods adapted to be placed underpressure by the tension and accumulation of material winding on thereel-slats, and an endless traveling apron arranged circumferentially ofa portion of the reel in oppositionto said material.

6. A reel comprising a rotatory shaft, a pluralityof cones in slip liton the shaft, a plural series of radially-disposed guides rotative withthe shaft, cone-opposing rods loose in each series of guides and slatsconnected to log the outer ends of alined rods; means constituting ayielding resistance to recedence of the cones and rods adapted to loeplaced under pressure by tension and accumulation of material Winding onthe reel-slats, a supportingroller for the material on its Way to thereel, and gearing connecting said reel and roller.

7. A reel comprising a rotatory shaft, a pluality of cones in slip fiton the shaft, a plural series of radially-disposed guides rotative withthe shaft, cone-opposing rods in each series of guides and slatsconnected to the outer ends of alined rods; means constituting ayielding resist-ance to recedence of the cones and rods adapted to beplaced under

